Odontella chinensis (Greville) Grunow 1884
Publication Details
Odontella chinensis (Greville) Grunow 1884: 58
Published in: Grunow, A. (1884). Die Diatomeen von Franz Josefs-Land. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien 48(Abt. 2): 53-112, 5 pls.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Odontella is Odontella aurita (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Trieres chinensis (Greville) Ashworth & E.C.Theriot.
Basionym
Biddulphia chinensis Greville
Type Information
Type locality: "Harbour of Hong Kong; J. Linton Palmer, Esq."; (Greville 1866: 81) Holotype: BM; slide 2998 (Hendey 1964: 105)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 August 2020
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Nomenclatural notes
1884: 58 (Ashworth et al. 2013: 1221; INA). - (07 February 2014) - G.M. Guiry
Lavigne et al. (2015: 321) point out that Rec. 60E recommends that "60E.1. The epithet in a name of a new taxon or replacement name should be written in conformity with the customary spelling of the word or words from which it is derived and in accordance with the accepted usage of Latin and latinization (see also Art. 23.5) ... 60E.Ex.1. sinensis (not chinensis)." However, Art. 60 clearly says "60.1. The original spelling of a name or epithet is to be retained, except for the correction of typographical or orthographical errors and the standardizations imposed by Art. 60.4 ...". Authors are surely free to choose to latinise "China" with chinensis or to use the suffix "-ensis" prefixed with the Latin for China, Sina. A number of flowring plant species retain the name "chinensis". - (10 February 2016) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 March 2025
